IMF and Pakistan Current IMF-Supported Program 34-month, US$11.3 billion Stand-By Arrangement (SBA), originally approved by the IMF's Executive Board on November 24, 2008, augmented on August 7, 2009, and extended by nine months in December 2010. The Board completed the fourth review of the program on May 14, 2010. In addition, on September 15, 2010, the Board approved US$451 million disbursement under the Emergency Natural Disaster Assistance framework to help Pakistan manage the immediate
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proxies for the present value of income flows or for permanent income. Not only is the use of wages as a proxy debatable, but earnings may be biased with measurement error, especially in rural areas. In all rigors, incomes should be corrected for remittances potentially paid or received. Moreover, it is real wages that should be used in the estimations and not nominal wages, but coming up with a relevant local cost of living to deflate nominal wages can be problematic. Finally, it is worth stressing
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“The influence of Academic education on crime rate within South Asia” Abstract This paper illustrates effects of academic education on the crime ratio prevailing in the country. We present realistic influences between crime and education in South Asian countries and specifically in Pakistan, using various data sources. A solid conclusion is that criminal activity is negatively related with higher levels of education in Pakistan. Therefore, we categorize the outcome of education on influence in criminal
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which means the population doubling time will be within 29 years if the rate does not decline (NSO, 2001). Side by side with rapid population growth is poverty, which still grips about a third of the country's 15.3 million households (NSO, 2001a). This Country Report is timely in that it revisits the link between population/development and poverty, environment, and resources. The Report has two purposes. First, it intends to review the Philippine population/development situation, including issues
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| |Inflation (CPI) |5.4% (2009 est.) | |Population |36.3% (2008 est.) | |below poverty line | | |Gini index |33.2 (2005) | |Labour force |72.35 million (2009 est.)
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country ranked 77th overall in the Gender Inequality Index, the third lowest rank in the ASEAN. * Around 18.4% of the population lived below $1.25 in the 2011-2012 period. * Some 9.1% of the population is vulnerable to poverty while 5.7% are living in severe poverty. * Debt servicing was the highest public sector expense and accounts for 6.5% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in 2009. * The country's spending for education averaged 2.5% of GDP between 2005 and 2010. * By 2030, there
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An Internship Report On Mobile Banking (Banking In Your Hand)-A Study On Dutch-Bangla Bank Limited, Satmosjid Road Branch Date of Submission: 10th September 2011 An Internship Report On Mobile Banking (Banking In Your Hand)-A Study On Dutch-Bangla Bank Limited, Satmosjid Road Branch Date Of Submission: 10th September 2011 Declaration I do hereby declare that this Internship report entitled “Mobile Banking (Banking in your Hand)” is submitted by me to Northern University
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Migration and its impact on the labor market Case Study: Romania "Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts. There is symbolic as well as actual beauty in the migration of the birds...There is something infinitely healing in the repeated refrains of nature - the assurance that dawn comes after night, and spring after the winter..."(Rachel Carson) 1. General theoretical aspects of migration. Historical and social perspective
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Why do we need financial Innovation? Finance is the lifeblood of the world economy that affects every other sector and in turn is affected by every other sector. A Simple Financial Innovation like a debit card can lift millions of people out of poverty and connect them to the global economy. It helps entrepreneurs raise money for the next idea. In the coming few pages I shall attempt to discuss few financial innovation and how they have affected the global economy. Microfinance Microfinance
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of 2013 and its impact in the early 2014, GDP increased from 6.01% in 2013 to 6.12% in 2014. This is mainly due to the rise in public investment from 6.6% of GDP in FY2013 to 7.3% in FY2014 and decline in private consumption by 1.5% due to lower remittance inflow. Export-GDP ratio increased while import-GDP ratio declined in FY2014. 01.02 Origin of the report: Now a day, education is not just limited to books and classrooms. In today’s world, education is the tool to understand the real world
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